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The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution on North Korea's third nuclear test and, in response, the world's most isolated state has threatened to take military actions. Rhetoric from Pyongyang has been fierce, with announcements of a military attack and a second Korean War. "Insight" examines North Korea's recent provocations and asks how far North Korea is willing to go.

Inter-Korean relations have always gone up and down depending on who was the South Korea’s top leader.Former South Korean presidents usually dealt with North Korea's provocations with punishment or appeasement. As a candidate, South Korean president Park Geun-hye pledged that she would take a new trust-building approach to inter-Korean affairs, a process she described as 'trustpolitik'.For more details on what trustpolitik is and how inter-Korean relations will change under President Park, "Insight" speaks with Professor Lee Jung-hoon of Yonsei University.

One of the most popular tourist attractions in Seoul is the shopping neighborhood of Myeongdong.Local makeup brands lure tourists in Myeongdong with posters of K-pop stars but there is more than meets the eye. These brands have more to offer than glossy advertisements. "Insight" discovers why Korean makeup brands are so popular among women in Korea and abroad.